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National Football League rivalry
Dallas Cowboys?New York Giants
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First meeting
| December 4, 1960
Giants
31,
Cowboys
31
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Latest meeting
| November 12, 2023
Cowboys 49, Giants 17
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Next meeting
| September 26, 2024
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Meetings total
| 124 meetings
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All-time series
| Cowboys, 75?47?2
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Postseason results
| Giants, 1?0
- Most recent
January 13, 2008
Giants 21, Cowboys 17
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Largest victory
| Cowboys, 52?7 (1966)
Giants, 41?10 (1962)
|
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Current win streak
| Cowboys, 6 (2021?
present
)
|
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|
Super Bowl Championships
(9)
Super Bowl Appearances
(13)
[2]
- DAL
(8) ?
1970
,
1971
,
1975
,
1977
,
1978
,
1992
,
1993
,
1995
- NYG
(5) ?
1986
,
1990
,
2000
,
2007
,
2011
NFC East Divisional Championships
(31)
- DAL
(23) ? 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023
- NYG
(8) ? 1986, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011
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800km
500miles
Giants
Cowboys
The
Cowboys?Giants rivalry
is a
National Football League
(NFL)
rivalry
between the
Dallas Cowboys
and the
New York Giants
. The beginning of this rivalry is difficult to trace, but is perhaps best defined by the first game the two teams ever played back in 1960, which resulted in a 31?31 tie. In the early 1960s the New York Giants were beginning to wind down as an NFL powerhouse. After having been arguably the most dominant team in the Eastern Conference through the 1950s and early 1960s the Giants entered a period of poor play where they did not make the playoffs from 1964 to 1980. While the Giants dominated the Cowboys in the first few years of the rivalry, the Cowboys picked up steam and took control from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s, winning 17 of the 20 meetings between the two teams in the 1970s. In the 1980s however the Giants struck back, and the rivalry has been relatively even handed ever since with intermittent spurts of dominance (the Giants in the late 1980s and the Cowboys in the early 1990s). The rivalry would also swing in favor of the Giants during the 2000s and early 2010s.
[3]
[4]
Recent history has swung back in favor of the Cowboys, as they have beaten the Giants eleven out of the last twelve matchups since 2017.
[5]
This is a unique rivalry in American sports in that no other Texas area team is in the same division as a New York area team, or has a consistent rivalry with one most likely due to the relatively far geographical distance between the two regions (though during the 1960s, the
New York Jets
were division rivals with the
Houston Oilers
in the
American Football League Eastern Division
; additionally, Astros/Yankees in MLB have built a rivalry in recent years).
Another important facet of this rivalry is Hall of Fame coach
Tom Landry
. Landry was one of the most fateful figures in the history of both franchises. Drafted by the Giants in 1947, it would be three more years before he actually played with them. He played multiple roles ? defensive back, halfback, and quarterback ? and in those roles he recorded one rushing touchdown, one passing touchdown, two touchdowns off fumble recoveries, and three touchdowns off INTs. He made one Pro Bowl as a player, in 1954, the same season he joined the Giants' coaching staff. After he retired as a player at the end of the 1955 season, he became the Giants' defensive coordinator inventing the
4-3 Defense
, serving in that role through 1959. In 1960, he became head coach of the first-year Cowboys and in his 29 seasons went 35?16?2 against the Giants.
[6]
According to
The Last Cowboy: A Life of Tom Landry
, by Long Island author Mark Ribowsky, Tom Landry's widow, Alicia, claims that after the way the Jones family treated her husband when they purchased the team, that the long-time coach no longer followed the team and went back to being a fan of the Giants until his death in 2000.
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Notable rivalry moments
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edit
]
1960s
[
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- Cowboys 31, Giants 31
(December 4, 1960) ? The first meeting between the
Cowboys
and
Giants
occurred in 1960 at
Yankee Stadium
. The game ended in a 31?31 tie. Eddie LeBaron threw three touchdowns for Dallas including two in the fourth quarter, while George Shaw and Lee Grosscup combined for three touchdown throws for the Giants. L. G. Dupree ran for a Dallas touchdown and caught two scores. This was the first game in franchise history in which the Cowboys did not lose, as they opened their inaugural season with ten straight losses.
1970s
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- Cowboys 20, Giants 13
(October 11, 1971) ? The
Cowboys
defeated the
Giants
20?13 in the first
Monday Night Football
meeting between the teams and the last NFL game at the Cotton Bowl.
1980s
[
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- Giants 13, Cowboys 10 (OT)
(December 19, 1981) ? The
Giants
defeated the
Cowboys
13?10 in overtime on a frigid Saturday afternoon in Giants Stadium to clinch the Giants' first playoff berth in 17 seasons. Joe Danelo kicked the winning field goal in overtime after missing a potential game-winner earlier in the extra period.
1990s
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- Cowboys 16, Giants 13 (OT)
(January 2, 1994) ? In the final game of the 1993 season, with both teams at 11?4 and competing for the #1 seed in the NFC playoffs,
Cowboys
running back
Emmitt Smith
suffered a separated right shoulder in the first half, but continued to play in obvious pain, amassing 168 rushing yards, including 41 on the game-winning drive, as Dallas won 16?13 in overtime. Smith also locked up the NFL rushing title with his tough, gritty performance. After the game, sportscaster
John Madden
paid a visit to Smith in the locker room to congratulate him, the only time Madden (as an announcer) would pay such a visit to a player, later writing "[It] was one of the toughest efforts I've ever seen by any football player in any game."[8] The loss meant the
Giants
were the #4 seed, while the win earned the Cowboys the #1 seed (and a bye in the playoffs), giving Smith time to heal, and he would go on to lead the Cowboys to victory over the
Buffalo Bills
as the MVP of
Super Bowl XXVIII
. Meanwhile, the Giants would defeat the
Minnesota Vikings
17?10 in the wild-card round before falling to the
San Francisco 49ers
the following week.
- Cowboys 38, Giants 10
(November 7, 1994) ? The 7?1
Cowboys
hosted the 3?5
Giants
as two-time defending Super Bowl champions. After a scoreless first quarter, a touchdown pass from
Troy Aikman
to
Alvin Harper
and a one-yard Emmitt Smith rushing score left the Cowboys up 14?3. On the final play of the first half, Aikman launched a long pass to Harper in the end zone; Harper was hit in mid-air by Giants safety
Tito Wooten
and suffered a sprained left knee. Cowboys receivers coach
Hubbard Alexander
then attacked
Jarvis Williams
of the Giants and
Michael Irvin
punched Williams with a helmet. As the brawl escalated, Cowboys safety
James Washington
grabbed a camera and monopod from a local photographer and brandished it like a sword, yelling for Giants players to take him on. Irvin was fined $12,000 and Washington $10,000 by the league. When order was finally restored, the Cowboys defeated the Giants 38?10.
- Giants 13, Cowboys 10
(October 18, 1999) ? The Giants offense was stagnant most of the evening, but two missed Dallas field goals and a red zone interception by safety
Sam Garnes
kept the score low, while Emmitt Smith was held to just 26 yards rushing on 22 carries. The game was tied 3?3 in the fourth quarter before
Tiki Barber
returned a
Toby Gowin
punt 85 yards for a touchdown. With two minutes left, Smith tied the game with a two-yard touchdown run; but on the ensuing drive, quarterback
Kent Graham
found Barber out of the backfield for a 56-yard catch-and-run all the way down to the three-yard line. A 21-yard field goal by
Brad Daluiso
gave the Giants the lead with one second remaining. The final kickoff saw
Deion Sanders
scrambling to the 25-yard line before pitching the ball to
Kevin Mathis
, who dashed all the way to New York's 20 before lateraling to
Singor Mobley
, who raced all the way to the endzone. However, Sanders was flagged for an illegal forward pass, ending the game in a Giants win. Barber finished with 233 all-purpose yards, as the Giants defeated the Cowboys for the first time on
Monday Night Football
after losing the first seven meetings.
2000s
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- Cowboys 35, Giants 32
(September 15, 2003) ? In 2003, the teams met at Giants Stadium on
Monday Night Football
. The game marked former
Giants
head coach
Bill Parcells
' first visit to Giants Stadium as head coach of the
Cowboys
. The Cowboys led 29?14 after three quarters, but they lost the lead over the last 15 minutes, and found themselves down 32?29 with 11 seconds to play. The Giants simply needed to kick off and play a "prevent" defense for 1 or 2 plays, but the kickoff went out of bounds, putting the Cowboys at their own 40 with no time elapsed, and Quincy Carter completed a deep pass to Antonio Bryant, who went out of bounds at the New York 34 to stop the clock with four seconds left. Billy Cundiff then converted a 52-yard field goal as time expired to send the game to overtime, and kicked a 25-yard field goal in the extra session to win the game for the Cowboys. Cundiff tied an NFL record with seven field goals in the game 35?32.
- Giants 21, Cowboys 17
(January 13, 2008) ? In 2007, the
Cowboys
swept the
Giants
in the regular season, winning the NFC East with a record of 13?3 and No. 1 Seed in the NFC. However, in the division round of the playoffs, the 5-seed Giants (10?6) went into Texas Stadium and stunned the top-seeded Cowboys 21?17 en route to winning
Super Bowl XLII
against the
New England Patriots
.
- Cowboys 20, Giants 8
(December 14, 2008) ? Amid several weeks of off-field acrimony involving Terrell Owens, Tony Romo,
Jason Witten
, Marion Barber, and owner Jerry Jones, the
Cowboys
shut down the
Giants
in New York's final trip to Texas Stadium (and first since the 2007 playoffs), 20?8. Owens and Witten combined for eight catches for 82 yards while Patrick Crayton and Deon Anderson had two receiving scores. Romo completed 20 of 30 throws for 244 yards despite being sacked four times (once for a Giants safety) and injuring his back in the process. The Cowboys sacked Giants quarterback Eli Manning eight times and limited him to only 191 passing yards and two interceptions snatched by Terence Newman.
- Giants 33, Cowboys 31
(September 20, 2009) ?
Lawrence Tynes
made a 37-yard field goal as the game clock expired to give the
Giants
a 33?31 victory over the
Cowboys
and spoil the opening of the new Cowboys Stadium, with a crowd of a record-breaking 105,121 people. After the game, Giants quarterback
Eli Manning
signed the wall of the visiting locker room, and wrote "'33?31' First win in the new stadium" next to his name.
2010s
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- Giants 41, Cowboys 35
(October 25, 2010) ? the
Giants
defeated the
Cowboys
in Cowboys Stadium 41?35, leaving the Cowboys at a disappointing 1?5 for the year. This contest is notable for the Giants linebacker Michael Boley driving Tony Romo to the turf and causing Romo to break his left clavicle and most likely ending the Cowboys chances at a playoff run.
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- Cowboys 33, Giants 20
(November 14, 2010) ?
Jason Garrett
made his head coaching debut for the
Cowboys
in the 2010 rematch against the
Giants
on November 14. The Cowboys raced to a 19?3 lead and won 33?20, intercepting
Eli Manning
twice (
Bryan McCann
picked off Manning in the end zone and scored from 101 yards out) while
Jon Kitna
had three touchdowns. This game is also remembered for a power outage that disrupted play for about 15 minutes.
- Giants 37, Cowboys 34
(December 11, 2011) ? During the teams' first meeting of the season, with the NFC East lead on the line, the
Cowboys
led the
Giants
34?22 with 5:41 left to play. Eli Manning led the Giants to a comeback by scoring 15 points, and the Giants' Jason Pierre-Paul blocked Dallas kicker Dan Bailey's game-tying field goal with 6 seconds remaining. The Giants took a knee with 1 second left, and won the game 37?34. This game was selected as #2 on Top 20 NFL Games of 2011.
[9]
- Giants 31, Cowboys 14
(January 1, 2012) ? The
Giants
hosted the
Cowboys
in what amounted to a
de facto
NFC East championship game. Both teams entered the game with identical 8?7 records and a share of the lead of the
NFC East
. With the division title and a playoff berth on the line the game was flexed to the 8:30 pm
Sunday Night Football
slot. While the Giants took a 21?0 halftime lead, Tony Romo brought the Cowboys back, making the score 21?14 early in the 4th quarter. The Giants would hold on however, winning 31?14 and earning their first NFC East Division title and playoff berth since
2008
while knocking the Cowboys out of the playoffs. The Giants eventually won
Super Bowl XLVI
against the
New England Patriots
.
- Giants 29, Cowboys 24
(October 28, 2012) ? The
Cowboys
and the
Giants
played for a second time in the 2012 season at Dallas. The Giants looked to avenge themselves after losing the
season opening game
to the Cowboys at home. The Giants took an astounding 23?0 lead in the 2nd quarter partly because of three Tony Romo interceptions. The Cowboys rallied up to make the game 23?10 before halftime. The Cowboys, took the third quarter 14?0 to take a 24?23 lead. Eli Manning led two successful drives for New York both resulting in a field goal regaining a 29?24 lead. The Cowboys had less than four minutes to score a touchdown and take the lead. On fourth down, in the Giants territory, Tony Romo was pressured and forced to throw yet another interception. The Cowboys used all three remaining timeouts during that Giants' possession and forced the Giants to punt and got the ball back with under a minute remaining. Tony Romo threw a pass into the end zone with ten seconds left to
Dez Bryant
and the play was ruled a touchdown. The play was reviewed and the officials noticed that the first part of the receiver to touch the ground was his hand, which was partially out of bounds. The call was reversed and the play was ruled an incomplete pass. The Cowboys failed to score a touchdown and the Giants held on to win 29?24.
- Cowboys 31, Giants 28
(November 23, 2014) ? In the second meeting during the 2014 season,
Giants
wide receiver
Odell Beckham Jr.
had 10 catches for 146 yards and two touchdowns, including a one-handed touchdown reception hailed as the "catch of the year", with Cris Collinsworth, Tony Dungy, and Victor Cruz all saying that it was one of the best catches ever. Beckham made this catch despite a pass interference penalty called on Dallas's Brandon Carr while diving backwards with full extension of his right hand using only three fingers.
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[11]
On December 8, 2014, the Pro Football Hall of Fame put Beckham's game-worn jersey from his famous one-handed catch game vs. Dallas on display. While that score made it 14?3 in favor of the Giants, the
Cowboys
rallied back, winning the game on Romo's 13-yard touchdown pass to Bryant with 1:01 to go in the fourth quarter to secure a come-from-behind 31?28 win and complete a season sweep of the series.
- Giants 10, Cowboys 7
(December 11, 2016) ? The
Giants
and
Cowboys
met again at MetLife Stadium in Week 14 of the 2016 season in a showdown on
Sunday Night Football
. The Cowboys were riding 11?1 while the Giants were just coming off a tough loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers
. The Cowboys were the favorite to win, but the Giants only allowed one touchdown to the Cowboys as the Giants won again 10?7 sweeping the Cowboys for the first time since 2011.
- Cowboys 37, Giants 18
(November 4, 2019) ? During the team's second meeting of the 2019 season on
Monday Night Football
, a
black cat
ran onto the field at MetLife Stadium with the
Giants
leading 9?3 and delayed the game for two minutes until it left. Afterward, the
Cowboys
went on to beat the Giants for a 37?18 win.
[12]
The incident led to social media memes and videos spoofing the cat as an NFL player, some of which used
Kevin Harlan
’s bemused radio call of the cat running into the end zone.
2020s
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- Giants 23, Cowboys 19
(January 3, 2021) ? The Giants held off a late Cowboys rally to win 23?19; with the entire
NFC East
slumping to a possible three-way division tie at 6?10. The Giants win would allow them to clinch the NFC East if the
Washington Football Team
lost their game to the
Philadelphia Eagles
later that night. However, Washington won its game and clinched the division title.
- 2021 NFL Draft Day Trade
(April 29, 2021) ? During the
2021 NFL draft
, in a rare collaborative move, the Eagles traded a third round pick and their 12th overall pick for Dallas's 10th overall pick. The purpose of this trade for the Eagles was to select Heisman Trophy winning wide receiver
DeVonta Smith
ahead of fellow divisional rivals, the New York Giants, who were sitting in the 11th spot. This move reportedly made the Giants front office "livid".
[13]
- Cowboys 44, Giants 20
(October 10, 2021) ? The Cowboys decimated the Giants 44?20 in a grossly one-sided game. Early in the game, starting New York Giants quarterback
Daniel Jones
was badly concussed and left the game after getting hit in the head by Dallas rookie linebacker, Jabril Cox. Later in the game, during a massive scuffle between the two teams, 1st Round rookie
Kadarius Toney
, threw a punch at Dallas safety Damontae Kazee and was immediately ejected. In the days that followed, Giants tight end Evan Engram claimed Cowboys safety Jayron Kearse "sucker punched" him by stating, "I walked up on him. He walked up on me kinda, saying some stuff. He threw the punch. We had some guys there that separated us, so it was kind of boom, boom. He stole one off..." Engram also stated, "It was a little baby punch anyway. It was soft".
[14]
Jayron Kearse later denied the claim on Twitter, "Boy said I punched him lol. He’s nuts".
[15]
Fox executives deferred to the NFL when asked to supply video of the incident. A league spokesman said that NFL Films employees checked and that there is no video of the incident in question.
[14]
- Cowboys 23, Giants 16
(September 26, 2022) ? Subbing for injured starter Dak Prescott, former Giants backup quarterback
Cooper Rush
led the team to victory. After cornerback
Trevon Diggs
came away with a game-sealing interception late in the fourth quarter, Dallas’ offense marched onto the field with 1:14 remaining on the clock to kneel out the rest of the game. Instead of getting a head start on the post-game handshakes, however, players from both teams started jawing back and forth until a full-on skirmish broke out on the field.
[16]
- Cowboys 40, Giants 0
(September 10, 2023) ? In a rain-soaked game played during Week 1 at the Meadowlands, a dominant Cowboys defense shut out the New York Giants and scored two touchdowns from the result of a blocked kick return and an interception return. The Cowboys sacked
Daniel Jones
seven times, which was the most sacks in a season opener by a Dallas defense since it had nine in 1994.
[17]
This marked the third shutout loss for the Giants, as well as the highest shutout loss they had sustained (their previous highest shutout loss was 35-0 Dallas in 1995). No team in NFL history had lost a game by 40 or more points, lost a sack battle by 7 or more, lost a turnover battle by 3?0 or more, had a field goal blocked and returned for a touchdown, and thrown a pick-6; all in one season. The Cowboys did it all to the Giants on the same night.
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Game results
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Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants Season-by-Season Results
|
Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Overall series
|
Notes
|
1960
|
Tie 0?0?1
|
no game
|
Tie
31?31
|
Tie
0?0?1
|
Cowboys join NFL as an expansion team. The teams only played one game as Cowboys were placed in the Western Division and Giants were in the Eastern division.
|
1961
|
Tie 1?1
|
Giants
31?10
|
Cowboys
17?16
|
Tie
1?1?1
|
Cowboys moved to the Eastern division with the addition of the Minnesota Vikings to the NFL. The Cowboys and Giants would play two games annually beginning in 1961. Giants lose
1961 NFL Championship Game
.
|
1962
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
41?10
|
Giants
41?31
|
Giants
3?1?1
|
Giants' first two-game sweep in the history of the rivalry. Giants lose
1962 NFL Championship Game
.
|
1963
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
34?27
|
Giants
37?21
|
Giants
5?1?1
|
Giants lose
1963 NFL Championship Game
.
|
1964
|
Cowboys 1?0?1
|
Tie
13?13
|
Cowboys
31?21
|
Giants
5?2?2
|
|
1965
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
31?2
|
Cowboys
38?20
|
Giants
5?4?2
|
Cowboys' first season sweep in the history of the rivalry.
|
1966
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
52?7
|
Cowboys
17?7
|
Cowboys
6?5?2
|
Cowboys' 52?7 win is the largest margin of victory in the rivalry. Cowboys lose
1966 NFL Championship Game
.
|
1967
|
Cowboys 1?0
|
Cowboys
38?24
|
no game
|
Cowboys
7?5?2
|
NFL expansion results in a split of each conference into two divisions. The Cowboys are placed in the Capitol Division, while the Giants and New Orleans Saints alternate between the Capitol and Century Divisions each year. This results in only a single meeting between the Giants and Cowboys in 1967 and 1969. Cowboys lose
1967 NFL Championship
.
|
1968
|
Tie 1?1
|
Giants
27?21
|
Cowboys
28?10
|
Cowboys
8?6?2
|
|
1969
|
Cowboys 1?0
|
Cowboys
25?3
|
no game
|
Cowboys
9?6?2
|
|
|
|
Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Overall series
|
Notes
|
1980
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
24?3
|
Giants
38?35
|
Cowboys
27?10?2
|
Cowboys win 12 straight meetings (1974?1980).
|
1981
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
18?10
|
Giants
13?10
(OT)
|
Cowboys
28?11?2
|
Giants clinch first playoff berth since 1963 with their OT win coupled with a Green Bay loss the following day in the final week of the regular season.
|
1982
|
No games
|
Cowboys
28?11?2
|
Both games cancelled as a result of the
1982 players strike
reducing the season to nine games.
|
1983
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
28?13
|
Cowboys
38?20
|
Cowboys
30?11?2
|
|
1984
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
19?7
|
Giants
28?7
|
Cowboys
30?13?2
|
Giants' first season sweep since 1963.
|
1985
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
28?21
|
Cowboys
30?29
|
Cowboys
32?13?2
|
|
1986
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
31?28
|
Giants
17?14
|
Cowboys
33?14?2
|
Giants win
Super Bowl XXI
.
|
1987
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
33?24
|
Cowboys
16?14
|
Cowboys
35?14?2
|
|
1988
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
12?10
|
Giants
29?21
|
Cowboys
35?16?2
|
Tom Landry
's final season as Cowboys head coach.
|
1989
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
30?13
|
Giants
15?0
|
Cowboys
35?18?2
|
Cowboys draft
Troy Aikman
.
|
|
Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Overall series
|
Notes
|
1990
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
28?7
|
Giants
31?17
|
Cowboys
35?20?2
|
Giants win
Super Bowl XXV
.
|
1991
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
21?16
|
Giants
22?9
|
Cowboys
36?21?2
|
|
1992
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
30?3
|
Cowboys
34?28
|
Cowboys
38?21?2
|
Cowboys win
Super Bowl XXVII
. Game at
Texas Stadium
played on
Thanksgiving
.
|
1993
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
31?9
|
Cowboys
16?13
(OT)
|
Cowboys
40?21?2
|
Cowboys win final game of the season in New York with the NFC's #1 seed at stake, which dropped the Giants to the #4 seeded wild card. Cowboys win
Super Bowl XXVIII
.
Phil Simms
' and
Lawrence Taylor
's final season.
|
1994
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
38?10
|
Giants
15?10
|
Cowboys
41?22?2
|
The game at the Meadowlands marked the Giants' first victory over the Cowboys since 1991; but the Giants were unable to secure a playoff berth due to the
Green Bay Packers
winning their season finale.
|
1995
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
21?20
|
Cowboys
35?0
|
Cowboys
43?22?2
|
Cowboys win
Super Bowl XXX
.
|
1996
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
27?0
|
Giants
20?6
|
Cowboys
44?23?2
|
|
1997
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
20?7
|
Giants
20?17
|
Cowboys
44?25?2
|
|
1998
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
16?6
|
Cowboys
31?7
|
Cowboys
46?25?2
|
|
1999
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
26?18
|
Giants
13?10
|
Cowboys
47?26?2
|
|
|
Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Overall series
|
Notes
|
2000
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
17?13
|
Giants
19?14
|
Cowboys
47?28?2
|
Giants lose
Super Bowl XXXV
.
Troy Aikman
's final season.
|
2001
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
20?13
|
Giants
27?24
|
Cowboys
48?29?2
|
|
2002
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
21?17
|
Giants
37?7
|
Cowboys
48?31?2
|
|
2003
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
19?3
|
Cowboys
35?32
(OT)
|
Cowboys
50?31?2
|
Cowboys kicker
Billy Cundiff
kicks seven field goals in the game in East Rutherford, an NFL record.
|
2004
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
26?10
|
Giants
28?24
|
Cowboys
50?33?2
|
|
2005
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
16?13
|
Giants
17?10
|
Cowboys
51?34?2
|
|
2006
|
Tie 1?1
|
Giants
36?22
|
Cowboys
23?20
|
Cowboys
52?35?2
|
First time since 1974 that the visiting team won both games.
|
2007
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
45?35
|
Cowboys
31?20
|
Cowboys
54?35?2
|
Giants win
Super Bowl XLII
.
|
2007 Playoffs
|
Giants 1?0
|
Giants
21?17
|
|
Cowboys
54?36?2
|
NFC Divisional Round. Only playoff meeting between the two teams. Last playoff game played at
Texas Stadium
.
|
2008
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
20?8
|
Giants
35?14
|
Cowboys
55?37?2
|
|
2009
|
Giants 2?0
|
Giants
33?31
|
Giants
31?24
|
Cowboys
55?39?2
|
Cowboys open
AT&T Stadium
in
Arlington, Texas
(then known as "Cowboys Stadium"). Giants' win in
Arlington, Texas
was the first game played at the new stadium.
|
|
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Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Overall series
|
Notes
|
2020
|
Tie 1?1
|
Cowboys
37?34
|
Giants
23?19
|
Cowboys
69?47?2
|
Cowboys win seven straight meetings (2017?2020). Cowboys quarterback
Dak Prescott
suffers season-ending ankle injury during the game at
Arlington, Texas
; backup
Andy Dalton
leads team to win. Giants eliminate Cowboys from playoff contention with the win in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
.
|
2021
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
44?20
|
Cowboys
21?6
|
Cowboys
71?47?2
|
|
2022
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
28?20
|
Cowboys
23?16
|
Cowboys
73?47?2
|
Game in
Arlington, Texas
played on
Thanksgiving
was the most-watched NFL regular-season game on record, with an average of 42 million viewers.
[19]
|
2023
|
Cowboys 2?0
|
Cowboys
49?17
|
Cowboys
40?0
|
Cowboys
75?47?2
|
Game played in
East Rutherford, New Jersey
, was the Cowboys' second-largest margin of victory against the Giants in the rivalry. Cowboys running back Tony Pollard was the fifth Cowboy in the past 50 years with multiple rushing touchdowns in a season opener and the first since Marion Barber in 2008.
[20]
|
|
Season
|
Season series
|
at
Dallas Cowboys
|
at
New York Giants
|
Notes
|
Regular season
|
Cowboys 75?46?2
|
Cowboys 41?20?1
|
Cowboys 34?26?1
|
|
Postseason
|
Giants 1?0
|
Giants 1?0
|
no games
|
2007 NFC Divisional playoffs
|
Regular and postseason
|
Cowboys 75?47?2
|
Cowboys 41?21?1
|
Cowboys 34?26?1
|
|
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References
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June 22,
2022
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"Ranking NFL's top rivalries of the 2000s: Epic QB clash tops list of historic matchups"
.
CBSSports.com
. July 3, 2020
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June 22,
2022
.
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"cowboys vs giants records in last 5 years by team"
.
statmuse.com
. Retrieved
February 17,
2023
.
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"One hundred cool facts about the Cowboys and Giants"
.
NFL.com
. Retrieved
September 4,
2012
.
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Hubbuch, Bart (October 31, 2013).
"Why Tom Landry died a Giants fan"
. Retrieved
January 9,
2023
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Vacchiano, Ralph.
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.
New York Daily News
. Retrieved
September 17,
2012
.
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"Top 20 NFL Games of 2011"
.
NFL.com
. Archived from
the original
on July 24, 2013
. Retrieved
July 6,
2013
.
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Fox Sports.
"Odell Beckham's one-handed grab might be the best catch of the year"
.
FOX Sports
.
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"Giants' Odell Beckham makes catch of the year"
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NFL.com
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Victor, Daniel (November 4, 2019).
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March 18,
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"Giants reportedly livid Eagles traded up ahead of them to select DeVonta Smith at 2021 NFL Draft"
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a
b
"Cowboys' Jayron Kearse punched Giants' Evan Engram in face on field after Dallas win: Sources"
.
New York Daily News
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@Jayronkearse8 (October 13, 2021).
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Tweet
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Twitter
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